Elements Flashcards by Kadence Kunselman

highly flammable
-used in the hindenburg airship with thermite painted on the outside
powers nuclear fusion in stars
-exists as a diatomic gas
fuel cells

Hydrogen

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-Lightest of all the metals
-nuclear reactions
-pharmaceuticals

lithium

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-Table salt
-street lights-yellow/orange

Sodium

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-Detergents
-Glass
-pharmaceuticals

potassium

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-little commercial value
-used in old cathode tubes
-[harmaceuticals

rubidium

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-used in atomic clocks (lose 1 second in a million years)
-DHS worries about dirty bombs (misplaced russian warheads)

Cesium

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-no commercial usage
-highly radioactive
-no weighable sample has ever existed

Francium

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-used in X-ray tubes
-non-sparking hammers
-single most toxic element

Beryllium

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-7th most abundant element
-used in fireworks & incendiary bombs
-used in commercial ladders
-pharmaceuticals

Magnesium

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-5th most abundant element
-pharmaceuticals
-mortar/concrete

Calcium

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-Used as an x-ray blocker in tv and computer screens
- given off by the decay of uranium
-used in nuclear weapons
-strontium carbonate used in fireworks
-DHS concern - dirty bombs

Strontium

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-limited commercial use by itself
-compound used as a rat poison

Barium

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-heaviest alkaline earth element
-used in cancer treatment
-Used to make luminous paint for watch faces

Radium

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-compound used in tank and body
-borax mineral
-mined in death valley

Boron

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-3rd most abundant element in the earth’s crust
-used in pans, containers, aircraft
-good conductor of elect, 65% as good as copper

Aluminum

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-Liquid just above room temp
-will melt in your hands
-semi-conductor
-LED components
- 67 used in nuclear medicine

Gallium

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-Semi-conductors
-liquid crystal displays
-solar cells
-touchscreen technology

Indium- In

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-rat poison
-photocells
-ringworm treatment
-nuclear medicine
-mimic potassium in the body, but highly poisonous

thallium

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-non-metal
-makes up all living things
-radioactive dating of materials

Carbon

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-2nd most abundant element in earth’s crust
-metalloid
-glass
-semi-conductors with boron or phosphorus
-solar panels/ cells

Silicon

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-metalloid
-lenses - microscopes, camera
-used as a semi-conductor
-used in fiber optic cables

germanium

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-one of the first metals used by humans
-one of the 1st super conductors at 3.72 K
-used in ceramics
-used in pweter with copper and bismuth

Tin

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-metal
-very fine glass
-bullets
-batteries
-water and sewage pipes
-paint -outlawed in the U.S

Lead

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-78% of the earth’s atmosphere
-found in many explosives

nitrogen

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-white-military -red-matchbooks and flares -DNA and RNA

Phosphorus

-contaminate in drinking water -one of the older pesticides -rat poison - husband poison -semi-conductors -syphilis & trypanosomiasis treatment

Arsenic

-Symbol from the mineral stribium or stibnite' - used in safety matches -used as flame retardant for PVC pipe

Antimony

-Replacement for lead in compounds -used in antacids for ulcer treaments -used in fire alarms

bismuth

-required for life -most important & most abundant element -medical use

oxygen

-non-metal -protein bonding -gunpowder -yellow color, blue flame when burning

Sulfur

-Photocells -Photography -Photocopiers -small amounts in diet protect against cancer

Selenium

-rare element -blasting caps -waste product in refining gold

Tellurium

-discovered by Madam Curie -27 known isotopes (most of any elements -photography film brushes

Polonium

-smallest and most reactive of the halogens -toothpaste -added to drinking water to improve dental health -non-stick pans

Flourine

-used as a disinfectant in pools -used as a poisonous gas in WWI (Iraq used it against the Kurds)

Chlorine

-Liquid in at room temperature -insecticides -used as a gasoline additive extremely toxic

Bromine

-need for production of thyroid hormones -commonly found in table salt

Iodine

-rarest naturally occurring element -20 known isotopes are radioactive -may be taken up by the thyroid gland

Astatine

-2nd most abundant element in the universe -Airships & balloons

Helium

-It form no known compounds with other elements -Produces orange-red light when electricity is applied

Neon

-First noble gas discovered -welding applications -gas between window panes -produces purple light when electricity is applied

Argon `

-Used in lighting -produces a pale violet color when electricity is applied

Krypton

-Can for compounds with fluorine and oxygen -used in radiation detection equipment -Produces blue green light when electricity is applied

Xenon

-Heaviest gases and health risk -used in cancer treatment -radioactive decay - alpha particles

Radon

-fused with other metals like aluminum for aircraft

Scandium

-Structural material for rockets & jet engine -pigment in paints, plastics & paper

Titanium

- used as an additive in steel production catalyst for the production of sulfuric acid

Vanadium

- used in the production of stainless steel - stable green paint pigment -Chrome plating -most of these compounds are toxic

Chromium

-Us has virtually no source or this but is found in south africa -Hardening steel - railroad track etc.

Manganese

- Most abundant element on the earth - found in red blood cells

Iron

- Corrosion inhibitor -trace element found in meat and dairy

Cobalt

- used in the plating of steel - used in U.S coins for a time

Nickel

- used in plumbing and electrical industry -used as a pesticide in grapes -toxic in high levels - inhibits nerve function

Copper

-Used to galvanize metals - water pipes -U.S pennies since 1981 -used to make brass with copper

Zinc

- Moon rocks contain a high content of this element

Yttrium

- durable metal resistant to high temps and corrosion -major use is in nuclear reactors

Zirconium

-Used in nuclear magnetic resonance scanners - used in the construction of nuclear reactors - added to steel to allow steel to withstand higher temps

Niobium

- not found naturally on earth, but in some stars - 19 known isotopes technetium - used in nuclear medicine

Technetium

-by product of refining platinum ore - catalyst for industrial reactions - used in electrical circuits

Ruthenuium

- Salts of this element have a red color - used to harden platinum -used as an industrial catalyst - automotive headlight reflectors

Rhodium

- Catalyst in industrial reactions - used in catalytic converts in automobiles

palladium

- used in jewelry and utensils - is the best conductor of heat and electricity - tooth fillings in dentistry

Silver

- added to steel "moly steel" automotives and aircrafts

Molybdenum

- Electroplating steel for corrosion resistance - toxic kidney problems and hypertension - Nickel cadmium batteries

Cadmium

- Chemically identical to zirconium -- extremely corrosion resistant - used in nuclear reactor ccontrol rods

hafnium

- similar chemically to platinum and often used instead - used in artificial hip joints and replacing portions of the skull - electrolytic capactors found in cell phones

Tantalum

- Originally known as wolfram thus the W for a sumbol - manufacture of filaments for light blubs - used TIG welding with argon gas - Industrial cutting tools

Tungsten

- one of the rarest elements - fabrications of switch contacts and electrodes q

Rhenium

- one of the densest elements - alloyed with other metals to produce : switch contacts, phonographic needles and fountain pin tips

Osmium

- Alloyed with other metals to produce hypodermic needles - Touch screens of computers and cell phones

Iridium

- found in catalytic converts on vehicles - use in the petroleum industry, dentistry, jewelry and ceramics - recent research shows it inhibit cancerous tumor growth

Platinum

- used in jewelry industry used in dentistry - electronics - many computer boards have gold connections

Gold

- only metal that is liquid at room temperature -used in therometers and old temperature control units - treatment of syphilis

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